Authors
- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Solomon Islands Country Economic Memorandum: Unlocking New Sources of Economic Growth . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42257 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Country Economic Memorandum
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34390908
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34390908
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Solomon Islands
- Report
- 193555
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- EFI-EAP-MTI-MacroFiscal-2 (EEAM2)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42257
- date disclosure
- 2024-10-17
- region administrative
- East Asia and Pacific
- theme
- Inclusive Growth,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Economic Policy,Economic Growth and Planning,Urban Planning,Urban and Rural Development,Spatial Growth,Urban Development,Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification
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Table of Contents
- Contents 4
- List of Figures 6
- List of Tables 8
- List of Boxes 9
- Acronyms 10
- Executive Summary 13
- Context 14
- Overcoming Economic Geography Challenges 15
- Stimulating Private Sector Development 16
- Unlocking New Sources of Sectoral Growth 18
- 1. Solomon Islands Growth Performance Trends Outlook and Key Constraints 23
- 1.1. Country Context 24
- 1.2. Characteristics of Economic Growth 25
- 1.3. Growth Outlook 34
- 1.4. Key Constraints 39
- 2. Overcoming Economic Geography Constraints in Solomon Islands 41
- 2.1. A Snapshot of Economic Geography in Solomon Islands 42
- 2.2. Transport Connectivity and Economic Geography 44
- 2.3. Digital Connectivity and Economic Geography 52
- 2.4. The Honiara Urban Area 58
- 2.5. Policy Recommendations for Improved Spatial Development 61
- 3. Boosting Private Sector Development 65
- 3.1. Snapshot of the Private Sector 66
- 3.2. Constraints to Private Sector Development 75
- 3.3 Policy Recommendations 94
- 4. Unlocking New Sectoral Sources of Economic Growth 98
- 4.1 Agriculture 99
- 4.2.Fisheries 112
- 4.3. Tourism 119
- 4.4. Labor Mobility and Migration 124
- References 131
- Annex 136
- Benchmarking Solomon Islands Against its Peers 136
- Solomon Islands Long-Term Growth Model 136
- CEM Topics and Drivers of Growth 138
- CEM 2.0 Approach 139
- Key Constraints to Economic Growth 140
- Solomon Islands Aviation Network 142
- Connectivity Regression Analyses 144
- Land Registration and Land Recording in Solomon Islands 146
- Summary of RSE and PALM 148
- Tourism Investment and Comparisons 149